Narcisse Virgilio Díaz
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz | |
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Born | 20 August 1807 |
Died | 18 November 1876 (aged 69) Menton, France |
Nationality | French-Spanish |
Education | Sèvres Studio |
Movement | Barbizon school; Orientalist |
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña (20 August 1807 – 18 November 1876) was a French painter of the Barbizon school.
Early life
Diaz was born in Bordeaux to Spanish parents. At the age of ten, Diaz became an orphan, and misfortune dogged his early years. His foot was bitten by a reptile in Meudon wood, near Sèvres, where he had been taken to live with some friends of his mother. The bite was poorly dressed, and ultimately he lost his leg. However, as it turned out, the wooden stump that replaced his leg became famous.[1]
At fifteen he entered the studios at Sèvres, first working on the decoration of
Around 1831 Díaz encountered Théodore Rousseau, for whom he possessed a great veneration, despite the fact that Rousseau was four years younger. At Fontainebleau Díaz found Rousseau painting his wonderful forest pictures, and was determined to paint in the same way if possible. However, Rousseau was then in poor health, embittered against the world, and consequently was difficult to approach. On one occasion, Diaz followed him surreptitiously to the forest, with his wooden leg hindering his advance, but he dodged around after the painter, trying to observe his method of work. After a time Díaz found a way to become friendly with Rousseau, and revealed his eagerness to understand the latter's techniques. Rousseau was touched with the passionate words of admiration, and finally taught Diaz all he knew.[1]
Díaz exhibited many pictures at the
Diaz himself had no well-known pupils, but
Díaz's son, Eugène-Émile (1837–1901), achieved some fame as composer Eugène Diaz.[7]
The rue Narcisse Diaz in Auteuil, Paris is named after him.
Gallery
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The Pearl Fairy (1857)
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The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau (1868)
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Forest of Fontainebleau (1870)
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The Storm (1871)
Notes
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Diaz, Narcisse Virgilio". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 171–172. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Dévémy, L. (1875). "Notices biographiques sur François Souchon, peintre et le P. Hyacinthe Besson, son élève". Mémoires de la société d'agriculture, sciences & arts centrale du département du Nord séant a Douai. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "Narcisse Virgilio Diaz de la Pena," Schiller and Bodo European Paintings[permanent dead link]
- ^ Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ "Renoir: An Intimate Record", Page 9.
- ^ Cinq lettres autographes signées d'Eugène Diaz à Adolphe Dupeuty, 18 mars et 11 juillet 1873, 1874 et sans date, Institut national de l'histoire de l'art. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
References
- "Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Peña - artist - 1807 - 1876". The National Gallery, London. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- "Art Renewal Center Museum™ Artist Information for Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena)". Art Renewal Center. 28 July 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
Further reading
- Philippe Burty, Maîtres et petit-maîtres: N. Diaz (Paris, 1877)
- Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Peintres et sculpteurs contemporains: Diaz (Paris, 1882)
- A. Hustin, Les Artistes célébres: Diaz (Paris)
- J.W. Mollett, Diaz (London, 1890)
- O'Neill, J, ed. (2000). Romanticism & the school of nature : nineteenth-century drawings and paintings from the Karen B. Cohen collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (see index)
- David Croal Thomson, The Barbizon School of Painters (London, 1890)
- Albert Wolff, La Capitale de l'art: Narcisse Diaz (Paris, 1886)
External links
- 53 artworks by or after Narcisse Virgilio Díaz at the Art UK site